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Title: BADMINTON IN THE GARDEN

Reference number: 2817

Date: 1932

Director: [filmed by Mr. Martin]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 3.48 mins

Description: Amateur film of a family playing badminton in the back garden of the family home, 'Millford', Kilmacolm.

Filmaker was an importer of Esparto Grass at Symington & Co., Glasgow.

Shotlist: Family playing badminton in the back garden of the family home, 'Millford', Kilmacolm. They use wooden racquets and a net that has been fixed with ropes. Young and old take their turn at playing. Shots of the children playing with a kitten, dangling string for it to play with (some shots in slow motion). Cold frames and floral borders in the garden can be seen in the background throughout. Family pose for camera towards the end of the sequence (2.44)

[Please note actual speed is 18fps. Total running time at 18fps is 3.48 minsc]